List of National University of Singapore people

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The National University of Singapore has produced numerous notable alumni (mostly Singaporean and Malaysian nationals) including 5 Singapore Presidents and Prime Ministers. This list included those who attended or graduated from the predecessor institutions: King Edward VII College of Medicine, Raffles College and the University of Singapore.

Alumnus Goh Chok Tong Singapore's second Prime Minister.
Alumnus Tony Tan (Singaporean president) Singapore's seventh President.
Alumnus S. R. Nathan Singapore's sixth and longest-serving President.
Alumnus Mahathir Mohamad 4th Prime Minister of Malaysia.
Alumna Margaret Chan Director-General of the World Health Organization.
Alumnus Kishore Mahbubani Former President of the United Nations Security Council.
Alumna Ho Ching Chief Executive Officer of Temasek Holdings and the wife of the Prime Minister of Singapore, Lee Hsien Loong.

Notable alumni[]

Business[]

Law[]

Politics and government[]

  • Abdullah Tarmugi - Former Member of Parliament, Singapore
  • Abdul Razak Hussein - Second Prime Minister of Malaysia
  • Ahmed Inaz - Former Minister of Finance and Treasury of the Maldives
  • Alex Au - Gay Rights Activist
  • Amy Khor - Senior Minister of State, former Mayor of South West District of Singapore
  • Ang Hin Kee - Former Member of Parliament, Singapore
  • Ang Wei Neng - Member of Parliament, Singapore
  • Ang Yong Guan - Former member of Singapore Democratic Party and SingFirst, member of Progress Singapore Party
  • Aubeck Kam - Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Communications and Information[10]
  • Benjamin Sheares - Second President of Singapore
  • Chan Heng Chee - Ambassador to United States[11]
  • Chay Wai Chuen - High Commissioner to Sri Lanka
  • Chen Su Lan - Physician, Philanthropist, Social reformer
  • Chia Shi-Lu - Former Member of Parliament, Singapore
  • Chia Yong Yong - Singaporean lawyer, disability advocate and a Nominated Member of Parliament of Singapore
  • Cynthia Phua - Former Member of Parliament, Singapore
  • Daniel Goh - Former Non-constituency Member of Parliament, Singapore
  • Daren Tang - Former Chief Executive of Intellectual Property Office of Singapore, Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization
  • Denise Phua - Politician and Disability Rights Activist
  • Edmund W. Barker - Former Member of Parliament, politician and lawyer
  • Edward Chia - Member of Parliament, Singapore and Timbre founder
  • Edwin Tong - Minister of Culture, Community and Youth, Singapore
  • Eunice Olsen - Former Nominated Member of Parliament, Singapore
  • Faizah Jamal - Former Nominated Member of Parliament, Singapore
  • Geh Min - Former Nominated Member of Parliament, Singapore
  • Goh Chok Tong - Second Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore
  • Goh Keng Swee - Former Second Deputy Prime Minister
  • Grace Fu - Minister for Sustainability and the Environment, Singapore
  • Halimah Yacob - Eighth President of Singapore, former Member of Parliament, Singapore
  • Ho Geok Choo - Former Member of Parliament, Singapore
  • Ho Peng Kee - Former Member of Parliament, Singapore
  • Hon Sui Sen - Former Member of Parliament and Minister of Finance, Singapore
  • Howe Yoon Chong - Former Cabinet Minister, Singapore
  • Hri Kumar Sangaran - Former Member of Parliament, Singapore
  • Indranee Rajah - Member of Parliament, Singapore
  • Irene Ng - Former Member of Parliament, Singapore
  • James Gomez - Member of Singapore Democratic Party
  • Janadas Devan - Chief of Government Communications at the Ministry of Communications and Information, Singapore
  • Janice Koh - Former Nominated Member of Parliament, Singapore
  • Jessica Tan - Member of Parliament, Singapore
  • Josephine Teo - Minister for Manpower, Singapore
  • K. Shanmugam - Minister for Law and Home Affairs, Singapore
  • Karpal Singh - Malaysian politician and National Chairman of the Democratic Action Party
  • Khemmani Pholsena - Top aide to the President of Laos and former Minister of Industry and Commerce
  • Lam Pin Min - Former Minister of State in Transport and Health, Singapore
  • Lee Yi Shyan - Former Member of Parliament, Singapore
  • Lim Biow Chuan - Member of Parliament, Singapore
  • Ling Liong Sik - Former Minister of Transport, Malaysia and President of the Malaysian Chinese Association
  • Louis Ng - Member of Parliament, Singapore
  • Low Thia Kiang - Former Secretary General of Workers' Party and Member of Parliament, Singapore
  • Mahathir Mohamad - Medical Doctor, later fourth & seventh Prime Minister of Malaysia
  • Mohamed Sharael Taha - Member of Parliament, Singapore
  • Mohd Fahmi Aliman - Member of Parliament, Singapore
  • Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim - Minister of State for Home Affairs, National Development, Singapore
  • Ng Eng Hen - Minister for Defence, Singapore
  • Noeleen Heyzer - United Nations Under-Secretary-General, Head of UNIFEM
  • Nicole Seah - Former member of National Solidarity Party, member of Workers' Party
  • Ong Keng Yong - Singapore High Commissioner to Malaysia and former ASEAN Secretary-General
  • Ong Soh Khim - Former Nominated Member of Parliament, Singapore
  • Phay Seng Whatt - Former Chairman of Public Service Commission, Singapore
  • Pritam Singh - Member of Parliament, Singapore, Secretary General of Workers' Party and Leader of the Opposition
  • Rais Yatim - Minister for Information, Communications and Culture, Malaysia
  • S. Jayakumar - Former Deputy Prime Minister, Singapore and Co-ordinating Minister for National Security, Singapore and former Dean of NUS, Singapore
  • S. R. Nathan - Sixth President of Singapore
  • Sam Tan - Former Minister of State for Social and Family Development and Foreign Affairs, Singapore
  • Sebastian Teo - President of National Solidarity Party
  • Sha'ari Tadin - Former Member of Parliament, Singapore
  • Simon Tensing de Cruz - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Singapore to the Russian Federation
  • Sim Kee Boon - One of Singapore's pioneer civil servant
  • Sin Boon Ann - Former Member of Parliament, Singapore
  • Sun Xueling - Minister of State
  • Sylvia Lim - Chairman of Workers' Party and Member of Parliament, Singapore
  • Steve Chia - Former National Solidarity Party member, Secretary-General of the Singapore People's Party
  • Tan Cheng Bock - Former Member of Parliament, Singapore, member of Progress Singapore Party
  • Tan Chuan-Jin - Speaker of Parliament, Singapore
  • Tan See Leng - Minister for Manpower, Second Minister for Trade and Industry, Singapore
  • Tan Soo Khoon - Former Member of Parliament, Singapore
  • Teo Ho Pin - Former Member of Parliament, Singapore
  • Tin Pei Ling - Member of Parliament, Singapore
  • Toh Chin Chye - Former Deputy Prime Minister, Singapore
  • Tommy Koh - Ambassador-at-Large of Singapore and Chairman of the NUS Law Advisory Board
  • Tony Tan Keng Yam - Seventh President of Singapore and former Vice Chancellor of the National University of Singapore
  • Wong Kan Seng - Former Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore
  • Vanu Gopala Menon - Permanent Representative of Singapore to the United Nations
  • Vivian Balakrishnan - Minister for Foreign Affairs, Singapore
  • Viswa Sadasivan - Nominated Member of Parliament, Singapore
  • Yaacob Ibrahim - Former Minister for Communications, Singapore and Information and Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs, Singapore, also former faculty member
  • Yam Ah Mee - Chief Executive Director of the People's Association
  • Yaw Shin Leong - Former Member of Parliament, Singapore
  • Yee Jenn Jong - Former Non-constituency Member of Parliament, Singapore
  • Yeo Guat Kwang - Former Member of Parliament, Singapore
  • Yeo Wan Ling - Member of Parliament, Singapore
  • Yip Hon Weng - Member of Parliament, Singapore
  • Zainul Abidin - Former Member of Parliament, Singapore

Academia and education[]

  • Louis Chen Hsiao Yun - Tan Chin Tuan Centennial Professor, National University of Singapore
  • Colin Cheong - Writer, Teacher
  • Freddy Boey - Deputy President and Provost of Nanyang Technological University
  • Harry Aveling - Australian scholar, translator and teacher
  • Kim-Chuan Toh - Leo Tan Professor in Science, National University of Singapore
  • Kishore Mahbubani - Current Dean of Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy and Former President of United Nation's Security Council[12]
  • Mary W. S. Wong - Professor at the Franklin Pierce Law Center at the University of New Hampshire
  • Nam-Hai Chua - Andrew W. Mellon Professor at Rockefeller University[13]
  • Ngiam Tee Liang - Head, Department of Social Work, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore
  • Simon Tay - Singaporean professor, author, and former nominated member of Parliament
  • Su Guaning - President Emeritus of Nanyang Technological University
  • Teck-Hua Ho - William Halford Jr. Family Professor of Marketing, and the Chair of the Marketing Department at the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley
  • Tan Cheng Han - Former Dean of Faculty of Law at National University of Singapore
  • Tan Chorh Chuan - President of National University of Singapore
  • Tan Eng Chye - Provost at National University of Singapore[14]
  • Wang Gungwu - Director of the East Asian Institute at NUS and former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hong Kong
  • Yoke San Reynolds - Former Vice-President of Finance for University of Virginia and Cornell University [15]

Medicine and sciences[]

  • Aloysius Cheang - Managing Director (Asia-Pacific) for the Cloud Security Alliance[16]
  • Anthony Yeo - Counselor
  • Balaji Sadasivan - Former Chairman of the Executive Board of the World Health Organization
  • James Seng - Singaporean Internet Pioneer
  • Michael Sheetz - Lasker Award winner
  • Kanwaljit Soin - Consultant Orthopedic & Hand surgeon
  • Margaret Chan - Director General of the World Health Organization
  • Miranda Yap - Executive Director of the Bioprocessing Technology Institute at the Agency for Science, Technology and Research
  • Kay Tan - contributions to evolutionary multiobjective optimization
  • Robert Tan - Physician, Author and Medical Director
  • Teo Wan Lin - Dermatologist
  • Tien Wong - Unit Head of the Retinal Vascular Imaging Centre (RetVIC) within the Centre for Eye Research Australia

Religion[]

Sports[]

  • Jane Lee - First female from Southeast Asia and the 37th woman in history to have scaled the Seven Summits
  • Jasmine Ser - Commonwealth Games gold medalist in shooting
  • Ng Ser Miang - Vice-President of the International Olympic Committee
  • Wong Meng Kong - Singaporean chess Grandmaster
  • U. K. Shyam - Singaporean athlete and current national 100m record holder of Singapore

Media and arts[]

  • Abigail Sin - Prodigial Pianist[18]
  • Adam Chen - Actor
  • Adele Wong - Actress, Screenwriter, Singer
  • Alfian Sa'at - Writer, Poet, Playwright
  • Andrea Fonseka - Miss Malaysia Universe 2004, Presenter and Actress
  • Arthur Yap - Poet and painter
  • Boey Kim Cheng - Poet
  • Celest Chong - Actress
  • Chin Han - Actor in The Dark Knight[19]
  • Corrinne May - Singaporean Singer
  • Cyril Wong - Poet
  • Daren Shiau - Writer
  • David Loy - American Author
  • Desmond Tan - Actor
  • Diana Ser - Former Channel NewsAsia presenter
  • Eelyn Kok - Actress
  • Eleanor Wong - Playwright
  • Elvin Ng - Actor
  • Felicia Chin - Actress
  • Genevieve Woo - News Presenter
  • Goh Choo San - Ballet Dancer and Choreographer
  • Goh Sin Tub - Writer
  • Grace Ciao - Fashion illustrator.[20]
  • Gwee Li Sui - Poet and Graphic Artist
  • Han Sai Por - Singaporean Sculptor
  • Haresh Sharma - Playwright
  • Ho Ho Ying - Abstract Artist
  • Ivan Heng - Actor and Director
  • Jacelyn Tay - Actress
  • Jeanette Aw - Actress
  • J C Sum - Stage Magician
  • Jeremiah Choy- Actor and Director
  • Joanna Dong - Singer, Actress and Host
  • Kaira Gong - Singer
  • Kelvin Tong - Director
  • Lee Tzu Pheng - Poet
  • Lee Wen - Performance Artist
  • Liang Wern Fook - Writer and Musician
  • Lin Hsin Hsin - Artist
  • Lunarin (all members) - Rock band
  • Mei Fong - Pulitzer award winning journalist
  • Michelle Chong - Actress
  • Namiko Chan Takahashi - Artist
  • Nelson Chia - Actor
  • Nora Samosir - Actress
  • Violet Oon - Chef, restaurateur, and food writer
  • Ong Keng Sen - Singaporean theater director
  • Paige Chua - Actress
  • Selena Tan - Actress
  • Shawn Lee - Actor
  • Shi Xin Hui - Singer and Actress
  • Stella Huang - Singer
  • Su-Chen Christine Lim - Author
  • T. Sasitharan - Producer
  • Tay Ping Hui - Actor
  • Tung Soo Hua - News Anchor
  • Wong May - Poet
  • Wong Phui Nam - Poet
  • Zhang Zhen Huan - Actor

Notable faculty/former faculty[]

Kofi Annan National University Singapore's first Li Ka Shing Professor.[21]
  • Adrian David Cheok - Director of the Mixed Reality Lab[22] He is a Full Professor in Keio University, Graduate School of Media Design.[23]
  • Andrew Goatly - English language professor at Lingnan University in Hong Kong
  • Artur Ekert - One of the inventors of quantum cryptography
  • Benjamin Batson - Mathematician and historian
  • Berthold-Georg Englert - Known for his early work on quantum optics
  • Konstantin Novoselov - Winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2010
  • C. Northcote Parkinson - Writer of Bestseller Parkinson's Law
  • Chan Heng Chee - Former Ambassador to the United States
  • Chin Tet Yung - Member of Parliament for Sembawang GRC
  • Chin Liew Ten - Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities and a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia
  • Chong Chi Tat - University Professor and former Chairman of Asia Research Institute
  • Chua Beng Huat - Cluster Leader of the Cultural Studies in Asia program at Asia Research Institute
  • Colin Sheppard - Former President of the International Society for Optics Within Life Sciences
  • D. J. Enright - British Poet
  • Edwin Thumboo - Singaporean Poet
  • Hassan Farhangi - Known for his work in the development of Canada's first Smart Microgrid
  • Henry Ergas - Regulatory economist who has worked at the OECD, Australian Trade Practices Commission (now the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission) and the Australian Centre of Regulatory Economics (ACORE) Advisory Group
  • Ian Gordon - Historian
  • John Lane Bell - Mathematician and philosopher
  • John van Wyhe - Historian of science, with a focus on Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace
  • Kofi Annan - Seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations
  • Lalith Athulathmudali - Sri Lankan politician and former Cabinet Minister of Trade, National Security, Agriculture, Education and deputy minister of defence
  • Louis Chen Hsiao Yun - First East Asian to be elected President of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics
  • M. C. Ricklefs - Indoneasian Historian
  • Michael Chan, Baron Chan - British Politician, Life peer in the House of Lords
  • Muthucumaraswamy Sornarajah - Author of The International Law on Foreign Investment, the leading text on this area of the law
  • Nalin Mehta - Founding Joint Editor of the international peer-reviewed journal South Asian History and Culture
  • Paul Abisheganaden - Conductor and Cultural Medallion recipient
  • Paul Theroux - American travel writer and novelist
  • Prasenjit Duara - Raffles Professor of Humanities at the National University of Singapore and Director of Asian Research Institute and Research in Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Richard Friend - IEE's Faraday Medal Awardee
  • Roy Yorke Calne - British surgeon and pioneer of organ transplantation
  • Simon Chesterman - Rhodes Scholar and former "Global Professor and Director" of the Singaporean branch of the NYU School of Law
  • Sit Kim Ping - Biochemist and Emeritus Professor at the Department of Biochemistry
  • Stephanie Wehner - Co-discovered that the amount of non-locality in quantum mechanics is limited by the uncertainty principle[24]
  • Susan C. Aldridge - Former professor (1991-1994). Senior Vice President of Drexel University's online learning (2013-).[25]
  • Thio Li-Ann - Singaporean law professor and nominated member of parliament
  • Wee Teck Gan - Distinguished Professor of Mathematics, known for the Gan–Gross–Prasad conjecture in the theory of automorphic forms, recipient of President's Science Award 2017[26]
  • Wolfgang Drechsler - Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, expert on Non-Western Public Administration and Management
  • Young-Tae Chang - Chemist
  • Zuowei Shen - Tan Chin Tuan Centennial Professor and fellow of the World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)

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